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September 11, 2005

Chinese evacuate as typhoon threatens Shanghai

by Sam Savage

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has evacuated hundreds of
thousands of people living in the path of a typhoon which was
forecast on Sunday to lash the east coast as it heads toward
Shanghai, state media said.

Typhoon Khanun, which spared the island of Taiwan on
Saturday, would unleash its full force between coastal Cangnan
and Dinghai counties in Zhejiang province.

The port of Ningbo was directly in its path, according to
Tropical Storm Risk Web typhoon tracker.

"More than 305,000 residents living in areas to be
endangered by Khanun have been relocated to safe places, and
over 31,000 ships and boats were called back to harbour,"
Xinhua quoted the provincial flood control and drought relief
headquarters as saying.

Authorities in Shanghai, China's financial center north of
Zhejiang, had issued the yellow warning signal, demanding that
more than 100,000 people working outdoors or living in sheds
and other temporary housing evacuate to safety.